Little Houses.

I love little houses. Even as a child, I would draw them in my notebooks and in all my artwork. All our married life, we've had tiny houses, though our last one was a good size as we had many small children. Though this house is not tiny, we still call it our "cottage" and love to decorate in a cottage style. I picked up these sweet little houses at a store one day, where I had ducked in to for a few minutes to get out of the pouring rain. I searched for my warm lunch, then came around the corner of an aisle and they had these on the shelf, for 85% off. Such a deal! So I bought 5 of them. Each is different and I love the details. Tiny, cozy and colorful.

I've often shown favorite corners in our cottage but I love this one a lot. I'm not looking for some pretty fabric to create curtains that I can see in my head, blowing in the breeze. And to cover a window seat cushion, once I have that made too. Sweet now but will even be better in the future. The shelf I've talked about before. It was an awful dark color but much brighter now. Plants do well here and my tiny wreath hanging from the shutters gives a warm feeling of home. The highchair was gifted to us and is now a spot for a little pillow that says "I'm in the Garden" and another little plant in a vintage pot that is doing well here. The quilted pillow was a great find in a charity shop, as was the bunny who rests beside it. And you can see my one hat that I sometimes wear in the garden. Special treasures in the shelf, including a vintage tea pot someone gave me, some prints, glass birds and on top, one of my favorite lanterns. 

Enjoy the weekend, my sweet

blogging buddies! Namaste.

~ Chy

First Houses.

A short story about our first houses. As a long time book lover, I would jump at the chance to live on a street like this, though I can't ever imagine living anywhere but the country. We're coming up to 6 years in our little house in the big woods and now more than ever, it feels like home. 

When we first started out, we lived in a new complex of condos. All young families and professionals, living on the edge of ravine (which now has houses) and enjoying being far from the centre of the Big City but with all the conveniences we needed to live comfortably. The two of us looked so young, like we were still in our early teens, so often we were asked what our rent was .... we were proud to say we were owners, with a mortgage! One of my first experiences of people making assumptions about us. We lived t here for 4 years and then moved to a home that was larger as we had started our family and dh really wanted a garage (I agreed!). However, when we bought that house, we knew we wouldn't live there long as it wasn't the best part of town. My dad, a realtor, convinced us that because it was a changing area, that the funds we put in to the house would double in a year. We stayed 18 months and they actually tripled, giving us enough money to move away from the Big City and to the little hamlet we resided in for 26 years. With the 6 years we've almost accumulated here, it will be 32 years this Summer since we moved away from the hustle and bustle of city life. No regrets! It's there if we need it, like today when we have to drive in to my Naturopath appointment. But far enough away we're separated from the noise and crime. We love it out here.

What was your first house like?

Do you still live there?

~ Chy